Socioeconomic status, economic insecurity and the obesity transition in South Africa: generational and life course aspects

KT Rich - 2023 - scholar.sun.ac.za
… is flatter among younger cohorts of South African men, and … the social or socioeconomic
gradient in body mass index (BMI)… 2008 in South Africa, obesity grew faster among urban women …

[HTML][HTML] Multilevel correlates of abdominal obesity in adolescents and youth living with HIV in peri-urban Cape Town, South Africa

M Kamkuemah, B Gausi, T Oni, K Middelkoop - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Socio-economic status was measured using the Youth … , it may not correspond with body
fat percentage in different … as demonstrated in a cohort of African-American youth for whom …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic inequalities and obesity in South Africa—a decomposition analysis

E Goetjes, M Pavlova, C Hongoro, W Groot - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
… in these groups based on their body mass index (BMI). BMI of … among adolescents, young
adults, and adults in South Africaurban and, therefore, this information is missing in this study. …

[HTML][HTML] … on the associations between socio-economic status and motor performance as well as body fat percentage of grade one learners in Cape Town, South Africa

E Africa, OV Stryp, M Musálek - International Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
… found that weight and body mass index in … weight and body fat are considered as a sign of
wealth in certain countries [76,77]. For instance, children with high SES in Sub-Saharan Africa

[PDF][PDF] Factors Influencing Growth and Body Composition through Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood

HL Nyati - 2021 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
… this thesis in a cohort of South African urban children were, … , weight and body mass index
(BMI) during adolescence; (iii) … occurs regardless of family socio-economic status (SES) (34). …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood residential mobility and health outcomes: A meta-analysis

M Simsek, R Costa, HAG de Valk - Health & Place, 2021 - Elsevier
… in Taiwan, and one in South Africa. Six studies focused on ethnic … of childhood mobility
manifests during adolescence and … in a preschool population cohort of New Zealand children.” …

The association of residential mobility with weight-related health behaviors

JM Miller, D Haynes, S Mason, O Ojo-Fati… - Journal of nutrition …, 2022 - Elsevier
… associations of residential mobility with body mass index (BMI)… -related health outcomes in
a prospective cohort of youth with … In addition, in South Africa, a study of adolescents showed …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity levels of adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy in urban South Africa

R Salie, MM Eken, KA Donald, AG Fieggen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… in adolescents and adults with CP living in urban South Africa, … (GMFCS) level, body mass
index and socio-economic status. … , the CP cohort living in urban South Africa was less active …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of malnutrition and growth percentiles for urban South African children

LH Nyati, JM Pettifor, SA Norris - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
… + cohort have shown that while South African urban children … Residential mobility among
those experiencing an increase … in South African females increases in early adolescence, and …

Dental caries, body mass index, and diet among learners at selected primary schools in Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa

NR Nkambule, TK Madiba, A Bhayat - 2019 - repository.up.ac.za
cohort studies.Marshall and coworkers followed a group of … dietary habits and body mass
index of adolescent females in … from low socio-economic status background in Zimbabwe. …